Legal Opinion
Carper v. Board of County Com'rs of Eddy County
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 6, 1953No. 5547PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COORS, Justice.
The important question for determination in this case is whether a petition presented • to the Board of Commissioners of Eddy' County to call an election to obtain necessary authorization from the voters for constructing two separate hospitals with isolation wards, pursuant to Laws 1947, Chapter 148, was legally sufficient, or whether it was fatally defective on the ground that it combines two separate propositions into one question.
At the March 3, 1952 meeting of the Board of.,County Commissioners of Eddy County, a petition signed by sufficient legally qualified electors of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lanigan v. Town of GallupNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1913
- Rea v. City of LaFayetteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Kiddy v. Board of County Com'rs of Eddy CountyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
- Board of County Com'rs of Bernalillo County v. McCullohNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1948
- White v. Board of Education of Silver CityNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1938
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Burch v. FoyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1957
- Kiddy v. Board of County Com'rs of Eddy CountyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
- Johnston v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF PORTALES MSDNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1958
- Thriftway Marketing Corp. v. StateNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1992
- Board of Education v. RobinsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
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